Shike's Sprites

[Shike]

I have two sprites of MegamanX Characters, and a sprite of a nonmegaman character, all in the Style of 8-bit megaman.


First is Axl, with and without gun.

Second is Vile, once again, with and without gun.

Last is Deadpool, the Merc with a mouth.(From Marvel)

[Thanatos-Zero]

Hm. Axl uses 8+3 colours, means that he use 3 spritelayers. Vile use 5+2 Colours, means that he use 2 Spritelayers. Deadpool use even less colours.
Try to reduce Axl´s colours to 6+2 colours, since Rockman uses two spritelayers.
Than I will give you my personal feelings about them.

[Shike]

Originally Posted by Thanatos-Zero

Hm. Axl uses 8+3 colours, means that he use 3 spritelayers. Vile use 5+2 Colours, means that he use 2 Spritelayers. Deadpool use even less colours.
Try to reduce Axl´s colours to 6+2 colours, since Rockman uses two spritelayers.
Than I will give you my personal feelings about them.

......I'm not entirely certain what the term "8+3" means. I get the 8 part, since he has 8 colors, but I'm not so sure about the +3.

[Thanatos-Zero]

Each sprite must have in general one colour for the background, meaning that you have only the choice of 3 instead of 4 colours for any 8-bit sprite.
16-bit and further allows you up to 15+1 colour per sprite. With +1, +2, +3 are simple said the colours for the background.
3+1 is one sprite alone and 6+2 are two combined sprites. I hope you understand what I´m trying to say.
By the way, more than 8 sprites, cause the game to flicker, so the most sprites have 3+1 colours like the metool in order to keep the game liquid.

[Shike]

Is that better?

[Thanatos-Zero]

5+2 colours. Impressive, really impressive, although you could have used 6+2, the sprite looks pretty decent. Good job Shike. *thumbs*

[Shike]

Well, if i have room for another color, do you think i should give him back the blue of his head and chest gems or should i give him back the orange of his hair and belt?

Or should i just leave it as it is?

[Thanatos-Zero]

Try it out and decide for yourself, as long as the colours harmonate with it.
If you are still unsure about it later, post all variations here and make a poll.
We can lead you to the door, but you have to go through it by yourself.

[Shike]

I think Orange hair is the way to go, just because he uses more pixels of orange than of blue.

Thanks for the advice!

[Thanatos-Zero]

Do as you wish, as long as you are happy with your decision.

[Shike]

Well, now i've got some edits to upload. I colored the stardroids from Megaman V for the Gameboy. Far as i can tell from searching the forum, only one person over here has done that (Boilman i think), but when i went to take a look, the link lead me to a no-image error page, so I'll just throw these up here.
(BTW, i know they don't follow the NES color capabilities, but i wanted them to match the colors in the oficial artwork)


















Also, a touch off topic, but does Sunstar count as a stardroid? I know wily made the stardroids based off his design, but i'm not sure whether or not he fits in their category.

[Shike]

I made X's Shadow Armor from X6 in the Xtreme style. (if you want one true to the system's color palette style, replace the orange and red with white)

[turpinator]

Maybe you could keep an alternate palette through a separate idle stance? Like the way they do it on the site? I'd love to see what it looks like either way.

[Shike]

............. Don't know why i didn't think of that........

[turpinator]

Nice, looks good. I've always loved the Shadow Armor.

[Shike]

Axle the Red/Spike Rosered. in 8-bits. While this sheet could be fine as it is, i plan on expanding it (more poses the original has, attacks, etc.)
I was inspired to make this after seeing Soviet Commando's Model based off of him.

EDIT: Added attacks

[SolarNova]

Looks Good, I've Always Liked Xtreme Style

[Rosing Phoenix]

Originally Posted by Shike

............. Don't know why i didn't think of that........

I sense a theft in the wings.

It looks like you recolored the sprites I made a couple of months ago.

Look and see my point. (pose #291)

[Blackhook]

Nah, you are wrong, I can see differences between your sprite and his.But who knows

[Shike]

Originally Posted by Rosing Phoenix

I sense a theft in the wings.

It looks like you recolored the sprites I made a couple of months ago.

Look and see my point. (pose #291)

I swear i didn't. I didn't even know you had made one. I think it's just that we were recreating the same armor on the same character, and at that size it's easy for them to come out similar.